Cinematographer HPGE enrichment program | Stage 2–3 English and Creative Arts | Field of Mars EEC

Cost, risk assessment and details

Cost	$60 per student - GST free This will be processed through the student's home school. This program is only available to NSW Department of Education school students.
Dates	Available dates
Times	9.15 – Drop off 2.15 – Pick up
Risk assessment	Field of Mars Reserve risk assessment - main location
Transport	Schools are required to organise transport for students to and from the location. No vehicles are permitted into Field of Mars Reserve.
Staff	Teachers are not required to attend but are welcome.
Student selection	Maximum 12 students per school per day. When choosing your students, remember the program takes place indoors, outdoors and in public spaces. Students may be near creeks and bushland tracks. While EEC teachers supervise them all day, consider if they’ll need SLSO or teacher support to stay safe.
Bring	Sports uniform, backpack, medication, low-waste food, water bottle, sunblock, raincoat, hat, sturdy shoes, reusable name tag.
View	Preparing for your excursion
Welfare	Participants will be walking during the day on an accessible boardwalk. Wheelchair accessible. May not suit recently unwell participants. For medical or special needs notify staff prior to program.
Extreme or wet weather	Program may be modified, postponed or cancelled due to predicted extreme temperatures, bush fire danger, heavy rainfall, high winds or dust storms.
Booking policy	Confirm student details 7 days in advance.
Cancellation fee	Less than 4 weeks notice – full cost (excluding HPGE programs in Term 1, Weeks 3–5) Weather or fire danger cancellation – $0

Activities

Pre-production

Students deconstruct an environmental campaign video to identify how camera angles, composition, editing, sound and persuasive language shape meaning. They plan their own short film by clarifying purpose, audience, message and key shots.

Cinematographer

Students use Field of Mars EEC iPads to film in different locations across Field of Mars Reserve. They apply cinematography techniques such as framing, perspective, shot size, camera movement and focus to capture purposeful footage.

Editor

Students review, sequence and edit their footage to shape a clear environmental message. They add text, soundtracks and transitions, then refine their short films to strengthen audience impact.

Theatre

Selected videos will be showcased in at the conclusion of the day. Parents are welcome to attend and celebrate student creativity and achievement.

All videos will be returned to school via Google Drive.

This program is only available to NSW Department of Education school students.

Timetable

Time	Activities
9.15	Arrival
9.30 - 10.15	Pre-production
10.15 - 10.30	Recess
10.30 - 12.00	Cinematographer
12.00 - 12.30	Lunch
12.30 - 2.00	Editor
2.00 - 2.15	Theatre
2.15	Depart

Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary

deconstruct, audience, purpose, persuade, viewpoint, impact, message, cinematography, pre-production, storyboard, camera angle, pan, tilt, zoom, soundtrack

Syllabus outcomes and content

Syllabus outcomes and content Stage 2

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus (2024)

Visual Arts

Outcome

• makes artworks using art forms to represent subject matter and ideas, and describes ways artists convey ideas about their world to audiences through artworks CA2-VIS-01

Content

Making: Artists represent their world through subject matter and ideas in artworks

• represent subject matter and ideas in artworks, making choices based on own interpretations of the world
• use drawing materials and techniques to create effects with texture and tone to represent subject matter and ideas
• explore balance, scale and proportion in compositions to represent subject matter and ideas
• demonstrate safe art making practices with respect for physical, social and digital saftey

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024

Syllabus outcomes and content Stage 3

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus (2024)

Visual Arts

Outcomes

• makes artworks in intentional ways to represent ideas about their world, and explains ways artists are influenced by contexts and how artworks are interpreted by audiences CA3-VIS-01

Content

Making: Artists represent their world in intentional ways through their artmaking practice

• Represent ideas or perspectives of their world and intentions in own artmaking practice
• Use drawing materials and techniques to create artistic effects to represent subject matter or ideas in intentional ways
• Create intentional effects with awareness of the relationships between colours and tones, to represent subject matter or ideas in realistic, imaginative or symbolic ways
• Use painting materials, techniques and processes to explore ways to apply paint in combination with mixed media materials
• Apply understandings of materials, digital technologies and processes to represent intended ideas in artworks
• Explore artistic conventions and ways to represent subject matter and ideas in compositions
• Demonstrate safe artmaking practices with respect for physical, social, digital and cultural safety

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024